The Mechanization of Everyday Life: How Improved Cook Stove and Gas Stove Entered in Rural Areas of Bangladesh

Abstract

In Bangladesh the everyday life of people is changing specially in the rural areas. The income of rural people is increasing, and this increasing income has profound effect on the rural inhabitant’s lifestyles. People are getting used to new technology and ideas. The purpose of this paper is to identify the way of introduction of improved cooking stove (ICS) and gas stove in rural areas of Bangladesh. The qualitative research methodology is used to collect data. The study found the effect of modernization in the rural society.

Keywords: improved cooking stove (ICS), gas stove, biomass fuel, clay fixed cook stove, smoke emission, indoor air pollution, modernization.